{"product_id":"why-we-walk-on-eggshells-how-our-civil-rights-laws-stifle-our-civic-discourse-hardcover","title":"Why We Walk on Eggshells: How Our Civil Rights Laws Stifle Our Civic Discourse - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Heriot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy We Walk on Eggshells\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive look at the wrong turns judges, legislators, and other officials have taken in shaping American civil rights law and policy, and how those choices have led the country in disastrous directions. It is essential reading for anyone interested in restoring the nation's commitment to equal opportunity for all and moving beyond failed policies of preferential treatment based on race, ethnicity, or sex.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHeather Mac Donald\u003c\/b\u003e, Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when left-of-center ideas on matters of race or sex can't be challenged in polite company? Free from criticism, they slowly grow increasingly extreme, eventually losing touch with reality. This is how we find ourselves in the Woke Era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhy We Walk on Eggshells\u003c\/i\u003e, Gail Heriot sketches out the practical incentives created by our civil rights law and policies that caused the woke ideology to develop and flourish.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most important of those incentives was the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which for the first time made employment-discrimination lawsuits--including those based on harassment--lucrative for plaintiffs. Employers understandably panicked and started requiring what came to be called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training to ensure that employees would never say anything, no matter how trivial or even how true, that might be considered offensive. Employees were urged to walk on eggshells. Even statements like \"I believe the most qualified person should get the job\" were often forbidden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlowly workplace culture (and eventually American culture in general) evolved to resemble the culture that had taken hold on college campuses more than a decade earlier as a result of another of the many wrong turns in civil rights law--the Supreme Court's fateful decision in \u003ci\u003eRegents of the University of California v. Bakke\u003c\/i\u003e (1978).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy We Walk on Eggshells\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful treatment of the legislation and judicial decisions that helped give birth to the Woke Era. It is for anyone who wants to grapple with how we arrived at our present woke crisis and discover a way out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68638767612210,"sku":"9781641775328","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/pQgPVugfS29781641775328.webp?v=1794394227","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/why-we-walk-on-eggshells-how-our-civil-rights-laws-stifle-our-civic-discourse-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}